Tom Brady sat in New England Patriots captains meetings for seven seasons with Jerod Mayo. Brady’s final year with the team also marked Mayo’s first as a defensive assistant on the staff.
So, the legendary quarterback knows exactly what Mayo will bring to the table as New England’s new head coach.
“Jerod was a great leader. A great captain. A great friend,” Brady said Tuesday on the Pat McAfee Show. “I think he had a tremendous amount of success in football and then had success in other parts of his life when he retired.